Rope and twine reel



May 24, 1932. A, F. JACKSON ROPE AND TWINE REEL Filed Dec. 6, 1929 35.5 akten/v1.5

Patented May 24, 1932 "rra" PTNT ALEXANDER F. JACKSON, or MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, `iissiofNoR 'ro conUivrRiAN ROPE COMPANY, or AUBURN, New YORK, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK ROPE AND TWINE REEL Application filed December 6, 1929. Y Serial No. 412,201.

This invention relates to improvements in reels, especially designed for having wound thereon ropes, twines, and the like.

In accordance with the present practicein cordage mills, rope or twine reels are now made with end pieces composed of two comparatively thin lengths of wood mortised and drilled for the passage therethrough of the reel bar. These two mortised pieces are 10 laid across one another with the bar openings inlregistry, suitable means, suchas nails or the'like, being used for securing them to.

gether'., The projecting end portions of said strips constitute r'adiallydisposed arms for the reel. These end pieces are held in reel form by bar pieces that are notched at each end to iit the angleformed between the arms or projecting portions of the pieces of wood constituting the end pieces, the bars being held in place by' being nailed to the end pieces. Such construction has certain dis'- advantages. For instance, the numerous nails utilized for securing themembers of the end pieces together and for securing the barfpieces to said ends, greatly weaken the construction at the very point where the greatest strength is desired. `Again, it ,is necessary that the cross pieces be reinforced ata point intermediate the end pieces. This is done by placing a stiffeningr piece in the space between the several cross pieces. The use of such a stiening piece, however, in? creases the diiiiculty, inthat it must have an opening therein for the reel bar, and, as a result, when the reel is placed on the reel bar, the operator is constantly inconvenienced by' the difculty of inserting the reel `bar through the `openings in three separate pieces. i. e., each of the two end pieces andthe central stiifening piece. v

In View of the foregoing, the present inventiO-n seeks to provide a rope or twine reel that vxvill be of substantial and sturdy construction at the core portion thereof.

A further object is to provide a reel of this nature having a core with which no stiffening piece need be used.

A still further object Vis the production of a rope or twine reel having a sectional core, each section being a duplicate of all the others, with radially disposed Varms at each end of the core andall of said armsbeing dupli-V cates of one another. 'This duplication of parts naturally decreasesthe laborerequired 'in themanufacture thereof,-and, at the same time, greatly facilitates assembly of the reels'. Withithese and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain details of con-` struction land combinations `and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described andthe novel features ,thereof particularly."pointed` out in the. ap-

pendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings: c

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reel made in accordance with the present invention;-Y K Figure 2 is a perspective view of a modi-V fiedform'of reel. n.' A I Figure?)` is an end view thereof; and Y Figure/4 is a perspective view of one of thecoresections. Y' v InA accordance with the present invention, the core is made up of a plurality of sections, said core having a central bore extending Usually,the reel is provided with fourradially disposed armsat each end, these arms retaining on the core the ropeorvtwin'e as it i's wound thereon." Als before mentioned,`the' core is made up of duplicate sections, one of which is shown in Figure 4. Flach of these Vsections 10 has substantiallyv flat edges 11,

llayand one substantially fiat side 12. The opposite side, however, of each section has a substantially flat portion 13 and a curved I portion1v4.v Where the reel is provided with four arms, the core' is composed of four sections, and Aund-erthese. circumstances', the curved surface 14 of each surface will be substantially.theV equivalent of a quarter cirav cle. l In, assembling the reel, these sections longitudinally thereof throughout its length..`

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several sections constituting the wall of the,

central bore extending through the core..`

The arms 15 are then attached tothe core, each arm lyingagainst the substantiallyjflat into orbeyond the surface 11a of the next adjacent section of the core. In addition,

nails 17 :arealso driventhrough each arm into'the abutting end of a second arm.

To further strengthen the reel structure and lend rigidity especially to the Varms thereof, each arm' 15 is cut away ory recessed as'at 18, and. Ythe'endfportion 19 of a second arm isadapted to be seated in each ofV these Y recesses. VVith'this construction, it will `be seen that all ofthe core sections are'duplicates of one another inY shape and crosssection', and, likewise, all of the arms correspond to one another in' shape and cross section, vThe ,several corey :sections abut against one another and constitute a strong, solid core, as dis- Y tinguished fromvthe core of previous reels,

LA! i where a stiffening piece was necessary at a point intermediate the ends of the core. Again, the present reel may be placed on'the reel barwith the greatest of ease, as there is but a single central bore extending throughout the lengthV of the core, a'sjdistinguishedV from the old type of reel where thereel bar` had to-be lined up,.so to speak, with'the opening in each vend'piece, as wellas the opening in the Vsoecalled central stiffening piece. The mounting of the-arms of the present reel alsov givesa very rigid construction, in that each arm has acomparatively broad bearing surface on the core, and each arm has an end thereof :seated in a second" arm to ther. rigidity thereto. j Itwill be noted thatin the reel illustrated give fur# in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, wherein the arms are all Y out, it eliminates the necessity of using arms duplica-tes, the arms at one end are offset radially with the arms at the opposite end. This' does not detract from the security with which twine will be held on the reel and, as pointed ofdifierent lshape at opposite ends as is true of the reelv shown in Fig. In the `reel shown in. this figure', thefarmsfm ay be termed right Vhand and left hand, as they must be the reversal of each other in orderto have the tapered surfaces 2O of the arms on what may be termed the inner sides thereof. The tapering of the arms increases the capacityV of the reelwhile the flat outside surfaces of rsaid armspermit the reelsto be stackedone on top ofthe other, end toend. Y f

.In both typesV of reel, the endpie'ces or i arms might besaidV to be shaped as a beam supported at one end, and with the arms at- `reinforce Vthe arms or 'ments each tached to the core in thisfashiomthe strongest cross-sect1on modulus of each arm 1s disposed in a direction opposed kto the strain of.l

rope, twine, etc., wound on the reel. Thisis not true of the old practices, where smaller 1 cross-section modulus. of the arms were simi-V larly disposed so that the interlacing of the arms with the twine was always necessary to prevent overtaxing their strength. K Y What is claimed is: 1

1. In a reel for rope, twine'and the like,a

coreih'aving a plurality of flat side surfaces at each end of its periphering and aY central bore extending longitudinally thereof and a pluralityof arms at each end, one arm being rigidly attached toA each of said iiat side ,sur-

faces on the periphery of said core.

2. In areel for rope, twine and the like, a

core having a plurality of flat side surfaces at` each endY of its peripheryand a jcentralbore extending longitudinallythereofand a plurality of arms-at each end', one arm .being i rigidly attached to each ofl saidiiat sidesurfaces on the periphery of said core, and each projecting into of said. arms Ahaving anY enda recessy in a second arm.

i 3. In a reel forrope, twine and the 'llilie, a`

core havinga central longitudinally extend'- ing bore therein, said core being formed*l of a f plurality of duplicate sections, each section having on one side thereof a flat surfaceand a curved surface, with the' flat surface abut# y ting against an edge of a second core section and said curved surfaceconstitutmg a por-2 tion ofthe wall of saidcentral bore, radially disposedarms attachedto `the peripheryV of said core and attaching elements each'penef trating'one .arm and two core sections. l f Y 4. In' a reel for rope, twine and theV like,`

a core having a central longitudinally eX- tending bore therein, said core being formed cf a plurality of'duplicate sections, each section having on one side thereof a flat surface and a curved surface, Ywith/the Hat Vsurface abutting against ranledge of a second core section, and saidcurved surface constituting a portion ,ofthe wall of said central bore, and the opposite'side of each section Vhaving aflat service thereon, radially disposedV armsV attached to the flat surfacesy ofsaidopposite sides of the core sectionsand attaching elesections. A

5. In areel for rope, twine andthe-like, a core having a central longitudinally extend-y penetrating one arm and two core f ing boreth'ereiin said 'core being formed of a pluralityl of duplicate sections, each.` section having on one sidethereof a flat surface and a curved surface, with'the flat surface abutting against an edge of a'second core Section, K

and said curved surface constituting aportion o f'the wall of saidcentral bore, andthe opposite iside rof each section havingl a flat surface thereon, radially disposed arms atV arms attached to said surfaces, the arms atj one end of the core projecting therefrom in a direction opposite to the direction in which the arms at the other end project.

ALEXANDER F. JACKSON. 

